Dicapo v. City of Opelousas

| ,YELVERTON, J.

A jury found the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) 100% at fault in allowing the continuation of an unreasonably dangerous condition on a sidewalk within the State’s right-of-way in the City of Opelousas. The jury found that Leona Dicapo was injured and her husband suffered a loss of consortium as a result of Leona’s fall on a defective area in the sidewalk. The DOTD appealed the finding of liability. We affirm.

|2Of the three assignments of error, we will first discuss the unreasonably dangerous nature of the defect. Several witnesses familiar with…